Tilden Nebraska Map

About Tilden, Nebraska

Tilden is a locality in Madison County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 936. The population density is 486.4 people per km². Tilden is located at 42.0472°N, 97.8340°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 68781.

Tilden rests within a broad, open expanse of Nebraska farmland, where the horizon stretches out like an unrolled bolt of pale blue cloth. It lies 21.4 miles west of Norfolk, NE (from Norfolk, NE: bearing 274°T), and is situated 18.9 miles west-south-west of Pierce. The land here is a quilt of cultivated fields, a patchwork of greens and golds that shift with the seasons, punctuated by the darker, richer hues of windbreaks and scattered farmsteads. Gently rolling terrain softens the edge of the prairie, hinting at the underlying geology that has shaped this landscape over millennia. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a clean, earthy scent, a subtle perfume of soil, growing things, and the distant hum of agricultural machinery. Sunlight, when it breaks through the wide sky, paints long, attenuated shadows that stretch across the fields, giving the land a layered, textured appearance. This is a place where the echoes of pioneers still seem to linger in the quiet air, a testament to the hardiness of those who first settled these fertile plains. Tilden grew with the agricultural boom, its economy intrinsically tied to the bounty of the surrounding land, primarily corn and soybeans. The grain elevators, tall sentinels against the sky, stand as silent witnesses to generations of harvest. While not a place of grand monuments, Tilden possesses a quiet dignity, a sense of enduring purpose in its agricultural roots. The pace of life here is measured, dictated by the sun and the cycles of planting and reaping, a steady rhythm that has sustained the character of this Nebraska locality for over a century.

About This Tilden Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tilden, Nebraska — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 42.047229, -97.83395. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Tilden and Madison County.

Detailed location data for Tilden includes the ZIP code (68781), telephone area code (402), county seat of Madison County (Madison), and school district assignment (Elkhorn Valley Schools). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Tilden is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.